Oligaeschna sinica Huang et al. 2022 (darner dragonfly)

Insecta - Odonata - Aeshnidae

Full reference: D. Y. Huang, X. N. Lian, Y. Z. Fu and A. Nel. 2022. The first Chinese representative of the Cenozoic hawker dragonfly Oligaeschna (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the Eocene of North Tibet. Historical Biology 35:997-1001

Belongs to Oligaeschna according to D. Y. Huang et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Oligaeschna ashutasica, Oligaeschna bulgariensis, Oligaeschna jungi, Oligaeschna kvaceki, Oligaeschna lapidaria, Oligaeschna palaeocoerulea, Oligaeschna saurai, Oligaeschna separata, Oligaeschna wedmanni

Type specimen: NIGP179897, a forewing. Its type locality is Northern Kanggale Hill, Nima Basin, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine lime mudstone in China.

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Northern Kanggale Hill, Nima Basin

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